Light in the Dark [Closed]

[Corsair]

Fluttershy brought her hooves to her mouth and gasped in shock as the poor raven fell over under the effects of her Stare. She quickly checked over the creature and determined that the poor birdie had just passed out. "Um, maybe I over-did it? She said to Angel, sheepishly.

The raven's condition was good for one thing; Fluttershy was able to splint and bandage the injured wing without the bird trying to escape. Considering the bird's earlier behavior, Fluttershy flew up to her storage attic and found a large bird cage. She normally didn't keep any of her animal friends in cages, but she was afraid this raven would try to escape otherwise and injure herself further. She put fresh water and seeds in the cage, then carefully laid the bandaged avian on a bed of shredded paper at the bottom.

Fluttershy stood watching the raven for several minutes. She had rarely had this much trouble with a patient. Most animals instinctively seemed to trust her, even the wildest and strangest creatures from the Everfree Forrest. The only thing that had come close to this raven's reaction was the disaster at last year's Gala... an event she really didn't want to think about. Sighing to herself, the yellow pegasus left the bird while she went to feed and care for the other animals around her cottage.

[MyLittlePonyTales]

Oh... Lenore finally came to. She was disoriented, not used to sleeping on her back. She managed to get up, flailing her wings to help her. Her head hurt, and it was only as she was putting a wing to her head to feel for any damage that she noticed the splint. Come to think of it, her wing wasn't really hurting anymore.

She flapped it experimentally, finding that it was far to rigid to fly correctly. Well, it was feeling better anyway, so whatever this thing was would have to go. She pecked and tore and pulled at it with her beak and talons, doing her best to make a regular mess of the bandages until she was able to shake them off. However, in that moment, she flapped just a bit too hard, sending a new wave of pain through her, as if her wing were freshly broken again. She screeched in pain, finally taking a break from the task at hand to look around her. That's when she realized where she was.

She was in a dome shaped object, but there were slits all throughout the sides, stretching all the way to the top. Lenore gulped, remembering the pony from earlier. Glancing about the room, she was no where to be seen. And what of the wrappings on her wing? That was behavior quite atypical to what she had expected... The only conclusion she could come to was that the pony was saving her for later, perhaps even planning to fatten her up, or heal her even—make her look pretty before consumption. Disgusting, torturing creatures like this.

So far as Lenore could tell, the room was completely empty of any other life forms. She moved to one side, dragging her wing injured wing alongside her. She stuck her head out, testing the width of the slit to see if she could escape. But there was no way she was going to fit.

Lenore didn't even have any idea how she'd gotten in here... but she wasn't happy about it. She'd never been in an enclosed space before, and with her only idea of escape a failure, she began to panic. She threw herself against one side of the cage, trying to break the bars that separated her from freedom. Then she ran to the other side, throwing her body against it once again.

She gave no head to the hurt in her wing, blindly raging against her confines. The more she failed, the more distressed she became, her movements growing faster and more reckless. She also became more vocal, screeching as loudly as she could. Birdseed and water were scattered everywhere in her scramble, but Lenore didn't seem to notice. She just had to get out.

[Corsair]

It had been a couple of hours since Fluttershy had mended the raven's injured wing. After placing the poor, unconscious bird in the old cage, the pegasus had gone back to her normal daily chores around her cottage. She was down at the stream, encouraging an otter to swim and exercise her healing leg. She couldn't hear the frantic banging on the cage walls from here. Then, suddenly, a sparrow arrowed out of the cottage and began flying in circles around Fluttershy's head, chirping excitedly. The pegasus looked up, alarmed. "What's wrong?" she asked the little bird. In response, the bird flew back to the cottage, zipping in through one of the open windows.

Fluttershy ran back to her door, and opened it onto a scary scene. The raven in the cage was frantically beating herself against the bars. She'd spilled the food and water Fluttershy had left earlier, and the new bandages on her wing were torn to shreds.

With a gasp, Fluttershy zoomed up to the bars "Oh oh oh! Please! Please stop!" she entreated the bird. "You're just going to hurt yourself more!" The yellow pegasus slumped to the ground. "Why can't you understand me?" she said, dispiritedly, up at the black bird. "I only want to help..."

Fluttershy's mind was racing. What could she do to calm down this poor bird? Why wasn't her special talent working? Who could she turn to for help? Was there some kind of magic that... magic! That was it! "Twilight!" Fluttershy exclaimed. "Maybe Twilight can help!"

She waited until the bird appeared to be exhausted before covering the cage in a blanket. She then picked up the cage with her mouth by the handle on the top. Stepping out the door, she launched herself toward the library in Ponyville.